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OC is committed to your success and personal enrichment. Take classes, earn certificates or two-year degrees, apply to one of OC's four-year programs, or work with one of the college's university partners.

OC enriches our diverse communities through quality education and student support. With three campuses spanning Kitsap and Mason counties, OC provides the options to serve these areas and every point in between.

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Transgender Awareness Week is a week (November 13th – 19th this year) dedicated to bringing transgender people to the attention of the community. It ensures the public has the opportunity to be educated on who transgender people are and listen to the different stories they have to share. Whether they are talking about their personal experiences or about the issues they face in general, it’s time their voices are heard.

The Black student union is having their second annual Holiday toy drive which started on October 24th and will continue through December 3rd. They are collecting wrapped and unwrapped toys to help local families in need. If you are interested in donating wrapped, or unwrapped toys to the toy drive, there will be drop-off boxes in three locations on campus.

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, OCAB (Olympic College Activities Board) hosted a movie night, showing Smoke Signals on Thursday, November 14th at 6 PM, located in the Rotunda. Valarie St. Pierre Hodge, the president of Native American and Indigenous Club, was also there to give a short speech about Native American culture.

Are you a high school junior or senior enrolled in the Running Start program? If so, Olympic College has a club just for you! Choosing to say goodbye to the typical high school experience may seem dispiriting, but having the same fun in college isn’t impossible.

Last Thursday celebrated Halloween 2019, a favorite holiday among students of all ages. It is always a holiday of fun and creativity where people can let their imaginations run wild.

In celebration, the OC Student Government held a Snack & Chat event in the Bremer Student Center (Building 10) from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. It was a lot of fun for many with all kinds of games and snacks.

Who else was pumped for Pumpkin Day on Tuesday? For the second day of OC’s Halloween spirit week, students were encouraged to wear orange to show spirit and gather in Building 12 from 12-2PM to paint some pumpkins. Oatmeal cookies were provided in honor of National Oatmeal Day, as well as some other cookies and desserts. There were many beautifully painted pumpkins created by the students to really set the mood for fall.

On Tuesday (April 23rd) Earth Week continued on the Barner Learning Landscape, this time with an actual demonstration of how to care for nature. Tree pruning, for anyone who doesn’t know, is the action of cutting off parts of a tree for the purpose of improving or preserving the tree’s health, or for pure aesthetical beauty. Since this was Earth Week, the former reason was much more important to this session.

On Monday (April 22nd), to celebrate Earth Week, a story read-aloud and discussion session was held in the library from 1pm-2pm. To make things even better, free cookies, juice, and milk were provided! The story featured was The Sound Machine by Roald Dahl. Read by librarian, Heather Newcomer, it tells of an inventor by the name of Klausner who designs a sound amplifying machine. When in operation, it projects sounds of frequencies below the human-perceivable range and translates them so they can be observed. This includes sounds produced by plants.

Are you tired of tests, finals, essays, schoolwork? Need a place to unwind and keep your stress at bay? Want a place to practice something you love with others who love it too? Well, OC may have just the place for you in the form of a club or student organization! There are lots to choose from each with its own personality and focus. Starting this week, The Ranger is going to be publishing “Club of the Week” articles each focusing on one club and what makes it unique and interesting. The hope is that these will help you find a new community of your own right on campus!

On Monday (April 22nd), Earth Week at Olympic College began! At the Barner Learning Landscape (located behind the back parking lot and Child Care Center), they were giving out free, reusable titanium sporks. While I did not personally have the time to attend myself, I spoke with someone who did. She told me that having one of these sporks (or anything reusable) really is a great way to help reduce the amount of waste we humans produce.